Biden to tackle national gun violence after Uvalde and Tulsa shootings
U.S. President Joe Biden speaks at the change of command of the United States Coast Guard (USCG) at USCG Headquarters in Washington, DC, June 1, 2022.
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Chairperson Joe Biden on Thursday will renews call for Congress to pass new gun restrictions – following mass shootings including murders at a Texas elementary school and a hospital in Oklahoma.
Biden will speak to the nation at 7:30 p.m. ET from the White House, which said Biden will issue a “call to action” in response to the shootings.
An 18-year-old young man to an elementary school in Uvalde, Texas with an AR-15-style assault rifle last Tuesday, killing 19 students and two teachers before he was killed by law enforcement.
“The place in the name of God is our backbone so that we have the courage to face it and stand up against it. [gun] lobby? “Biden spoke shortly after the massacre.
“It’s time to turn this pain into action.”
On Wednesday, another gunman fatally shot his doctor and three others in a hospital in Tulsa, Oklahoma – just three hours after purchase AR-15 . style rifle. The gunman died from what police said appeared to be a self-inflicted gunshot wound.
About 10 other people may have been injured in the shooting there.